National coach Stephen Constantine joined the players like Sandesh Jhingan, Gurpreet Singh and Amrinder Singh in the interaction as they struck an instant chord with the orphanage kids. Amrinder's gesture of helping a kid tie his shoe lace won many hearts.

The kids in turn wished the Men in Blue good luck ahead of the game which kicks of at 8pm (IST) at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao.

Boxer Vijender Singh who clinched bronze in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was one of the first to take to Twitter to wish children on their special day.

We as a society are failing in rearing up our children, half of them malnourished with little or no sound health care, primary education is in shambles, child labour and molestation are high.
Let’s pledge to change this in whatever way we can on #ChildrensDay#VijuWithUpic.twitter.com/58GcQgeNp0

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